The bisector of the inner angle ∠ACB in an acute triangle ABC intersects the side AB at D. The circumcircle of the triangle ADC intersects the side BC in two distinct points, C and E. The line through B parallel to the line AE intersects the line CD at F. Prove that AFB is an isosceles triangle.
Solution
Write ∠ACB=γ. Then ∠ACF=∠FCB=2γ, since CF is the bisector of the angle ∠ACB. The points A, D, E and C are concyclic, so ∠DAE=∠DCE=2γ. The line BF is parallel to the line AE, so ∠ABF=∠DAE=2γ. We have ∠ACF=2γ=∠ABF, so the points A, F, B and C are concyclic. From here we get ∠FAB=∠FCB=2γ=∠ABF and so AFB is an isosceles triangle with the apex at F.
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